Ritual Social Meanings Photograph by Gary Keesler

Ritual Social Meanings

by Gary Keesler

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Title

Ritual Social Meanings

Artist

Gary Keesler

Medium

Photograph - Digital Art Photography

Description

Ritual Social Meanings: Ritual and ceremonial masks are an essential feature of the traditional culture and art of the peoples of Sub-Saharan Africa.

While the specific implications associated to ritual masks widely vary in different cultures, some traits are common to most African cultures.

Masks usually have a spiritual and religious meaning and they are used in ritual dances and social and religious events, and a special status is attributed to the artists that create masks and to those that wear them in ceremonies.

In most traditional African cultures, the person who wears a ritual mask conceptually loses his or her human identity and turns into the spirit represented by the mask itself.

This transformation of the mask wearer into a spirit usually relies on other practices, such as specific types of music and dance, or ritual costumes that contribute to conceal the mask-wearer's human identity.

The mask wearer thus becomes a sort of medium that allows for a dialogue between the community and the spirits (usually those of the dead or nature-related spirits).

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